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Language Dynamics and Change

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2210-5832

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.383

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.69

Total Worksi

159

Total Citationsi

2,944

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 6 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications159

Publisher OrgBrill

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2210-5832

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

151

2020

2021

146

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage and cultural evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationNatural Language Processing TechniquesLinguistics and language evolutionMultilingual Education and PolicyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Frequently asked questions about Language Dynamics and Change

Is Language Dynamics and Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Language Dynamics and Change: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Language Dynamics and Change?

Language Dynamics and Change is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 8.80.

Is Language Dynamics and Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language Dynamics and Change is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Language Dynamics and Change?